Traffic departments at the state level violated 4,393 drivers last year due to the lack of stopping while watching the “stop” sign for school students transport buses, while in the same period, 265 school bus drivers violated the lack of commitment to open the “stop” sign and traffic instructions and instructions, according to Ministry of Interior Statistics.

Traffic departments in the state have warned of the danger of exceeding the “stop” arm, as it causes accidents that endanger the lives of students when boarding and getting off the bus, tightening during the past two academic years of seizures through police patrols and traffic detectors to control and violate non-compliant drivers, and the application of Article ( 91) Created in the Federal Traffic Traffic Law regarding not fully standing when the “stop” arm for school buses is opened, as it is worth 1,000 dirhams and 10 traffic points, and the application of Article No. (90) of the Traffic and Traffic Law violating school bus drivers with a fine of 500 dirhams and six points , In case they are not committed to open the “stop” signal in the event that students board and drop off the bus.

Abu Dhabi Police intensified awareness campaigns for motorists and school bus drivers about the mechanism of using the side "stop" arm when students boarded and disembarked from the bus, and the cases of parking vehicles when the "stop" signal is turned on in school buses, as it showed that in individual roads all vehicles are completely stopped Driving in both directions, with a distance of no less than five meters, while on dual roads, all vehicles traveling in the direction of the vehicle traveling at a distance of no less than five meters shall be completely stopped.

A poll of the Abu Dhabi Police, through social media, showed that 76% of road users are aware of how to properly handle the “stop” signal, and the fine resulting from not committing to completely stopping their vehicles during the rise and descent of school students.

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